Friday, April 1, 2016

Astronomical Calendar: 2016 April



A giant mosaic of the Crab Nebula, a remnant of bright Supernova SN 1054 recorded by
Chinese astronomers in A.D. 1054 as a "guest star," imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Astronomers Without Borders declares April as Global Astronomy Month:
Link >>> http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/global-astronomy-month-2016.html
and April 20 as the World Night in Defence of Starlight:
Link >>> http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/gam2015-programs/program-schedule/166-gam2015/programs1/949-world-night-in-defence-of-the-starlight434.html
(Image Sources: Wikipedia.org , By NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University) - HubbleSite: gallery, release., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=516106 )


Astronomical Calendar for 2016 April: 
Link >>> http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/astrocalendar/2016.html#apr

Source: Friends of the Zeiss.
              2016 April 1.
                                              

                                                               Historic 10-inch Siderostat-type Refractor Telescope at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science.

        2016: 75th Year of Pittsburgh's Buhl Planetarium Observatory
Link >>> http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2016/01/astronomical-calendar-2016-january.html

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